Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act

Regulatory Agency Demilitarization Act

This bill prohibits a federal agency from purchasing or using a firearm. The bill excludes the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security, the military departments, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report that includes specified information regarding each federal agency that has specialized units that receive special tactical or military-style training or use hard-plated body armor, shields, or helmets and that respond to high-risk situations that fall outside the capabilities of regular law enforcement officers.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8735 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8735

 To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain 
                   firearms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2020

 Mr. Stewart introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain Federal agencies from using or purchasing certain 
                   firearms, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Agency Demilitarization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE AND USE BY A FEDERAL AGENCY OF 
              FIREARMS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may not purchase or use a 
firearm.
    (b) GAO Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes the following:
            (1) Each Federal agency, including the office of Inspector 
        General for the Federal agency, that has specialized units that 
        receive special tactical or military-style training or use 
        hard-plated body armor, shields, or helmets and that respond to 
        high-risk situations that fall outside the capabilities of 
        regular law enforcement officers, including any special weapons 
        and tactics (SWAT) team, tactical response teams, special 
        events teams, special response teams, or active shooter teams.
            (2) A description of each such unit.
            (3) A description of the training and weapons of each such 
        unit.
            (4) The criteria for activating each such unit and how 
        often each such unit was activated for each year of the 
        previous ten years.
            (5) The annual cost of equipping and operating each such 
        unit.
            (6) Any other information that is relevant to understanding 
        the usefulness and justification for the units.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 102 of title 40, United 
        States Code, but does not include--
                    (A) the Department of Defense;
                    (B) the Department of Justice;
                    (C) the Department of Homeland Security;
                    (D) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
                    (E) the United States Capitol Police;
                    (F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
                    (G) the Central Intelligence Agency; and
                    (H) the military departments (as defined in section 
                102 of title 5, United States Code).
            (2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 5845(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, but does not include a silencer (as defined in section 
        921 of title 18, United States Code).

SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AGENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (e); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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